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ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comFri, 18 Aug 2017 03:24:30 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: whealy86http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/04/chris-johnson-finally-gets-back-to-being-chris-johnson/#comment-2927632
Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:38:41 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2222232#comment-2927632He’s going to have a huge second half of the year, bring the Titans to almost make the playoffs but will miss it by .5 of a game or a tie breaker. Then the Titans will have a mid round pick like usual and will keep johnson yet another year and then the wheel goes round and round.
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Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:58:27 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2222232#comment-2920223I have no clue why we don’t throw more screens to CJ/Kendall Wright.
]]>By: titanmanichttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/04/chris-johnson-finally-gets-back-to-being-chris-johnson/#comment-2919323
Tue, 05 Nov 2013 03:07:44 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2222232#comment-2919323Cj is actually a pretty good pass catching back, he had over 500 yards when he rushed for 2k
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Mon, 04 Nov 2013 18:26:22 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2222232#comment-2917852@titaniksign: CJ can’t catch. He’s fine in the screen and check down game. But he can’t catch the ball consistantly if he doesn’t see it leaving the QB’s hand. I’m with you on using him more effectively though. What I don’t understand is why they don’t use him in the kick return game, especially with Raynond gone. CJ was an All-American kick returner in college. The number of kicks run back nowadays are minimal. And that’s an easy way to get him in the open field, against backups at that. I’d think he’d be good for one or two TDs a year as a kick returner.
]]>By: hitking60http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/04/chris-johnson-finally-gets-back-to-being-chris-johnson/#comment-2917825
Mon, 04 Nov 2013 18:20:49 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2222232#comment-2917825CJ gets to play the Jags twice, who have the worst run D in football. Who gets to play the Colts twice, who are nearly as bad. And he’ll get to play the Texans in the last game of the season. They will have mailed it in and he’s already had a good game against them. He’ll end up with about 1300-1400yds. He’s get about 4.5 a pop. And he’ll have enough long runs sprinkled in to justify him still getting “playmaker” money. In the offseason. The Titans will justify paying him the 8m by having cap space and blaming the slow start on the O-Line taking time to jell. Its the same thing every year. CJ is fine and the least of the Titans’ worries.
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Mon, 04 Nov 2013 18:09:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2222232#comment-2917769About time
]]>By: titaniksighhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/04/chris-johnson-finally-gets-back-to-being-chris-johnson/#comment-2917444
Mon, 04 Nov 2013 16:53:46 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2222232#comment-2917444why he isn’t being used more as a receiver is beyond me. he’s already broken 2 for TDs this year. he’s still fast. he still has moves. the titans need to use him more effectively. the recent switch at center has helped the run game as well.
]]>By: pcoismahttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/04/chris-johnson-finally-gets-back-to-being-chris-johnson/#comment-2917413
Mon, 04 Nov 2013 16:42:29 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2222232#comment-2917413The NFL needs a “NFL Europe” type of farm system to develop players. The league SEEMS so watered down now because as a coach/GM you are not given the time to develop talent before you are replaced(EX: KC Chiefs).
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Mon, 04 Nov 2013 16:28:34 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2222232#comment-2917358CJ does good when he wants to….

When he wants to get paid….

or when there’s another RB for the Titans to go to.

Thanks for coming back Greene….stay healthy.

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Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:26:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2222232#comment-2917163Today’s nfl can be built in three ways

1 Strong line play on both sides of the ball with a game manager at qb (Chiefs)

2 strike it big with a cheap, yet budding superstar qb, invest like Seattle in a monster defense for a couple of years to make a super bowl run.

3. Sell the farm to get a hall of fame qb and convince veterans to take less money for a super bowl run (Broncos)

]]>By: lbroberts123http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/04/chris-johnson-finally-gets-back-to-being-chris-johnson/#comment-2917118
Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:09:01 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2222232#comment-2917118If Johnson isn’t back with the Titans, he could fill a Reggie bush type role for another team. More pass catching draw plays. I’m not sure if he would be open to that kind of role, though.
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Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:50:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2222232#comment-2917058I have a feeling the Ravens will be facing a similar dilemma with Ray Rice come March as well. He’s due to make a whopping $8.75 million next year, and unless some kind of miracle happens down the stretch of the season, I can’t see the Ravens justifying paying him that much next year.
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Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:44:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2222232#comment-2917046GM’s need to learn to draft running backs….and trade them before they need big paydays.

Pity the team that trades for a veteran running back, any GM that does that has got to be nuts, or work for the Falcons.

]]>By: smokingconchhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/04/chris-johnson-finally-gets-back-to-being-chris-johnson/#comment-2917035
Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:38:08 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2222232#comment-2917035If great running backs are so easy to find, then why doesn’t every team have them?

You can make the same argument for every position on the field. Why invest a first round pick in QB when Brady, Foles, Keenum, Lewis, and Russel Wilson are playing so well without a huge contract?

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Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:32:05 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2222232#comment-2917018RB is a position that relies on other guys. If a RB does not have a hole, they are not going to get any yards. Wr’s need to run routes and catch the ball, QBs need to read a defense and make a throw, OL need to block the guy in front of them. A RB needs to hit the hole created for them hard and not fumble.

If theres a hole there, then Joe Schmo will get some yeards. Sure the elite backs may break more, or get more YAC….but in todays NFL, running backs can be found all over the draft. See Alfred Morris from 2012, Zach Stacey this year.

I think the days of drafting RBs with a top 20 pick are over. There are just too many other skill positions that the actual player has to do be special, and not rely on others.